Suspenders



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SUSPENDERS.

APPLICATION man DEc.8l 1919- Patenwa Nov. 23, 1920;

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SUSPENDERS.

Application flied December, s, l1919. serial No. 343,257.

To all 107mm t may concern.' Y Be it known that l, ERNEST Snom, a citi- Zen of the llnited States, and a resident of the city of Chicagd county or' Cook, and fltateoif illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is specification.

My invention relates to new 'and useful improvements in Suspenders. and has for its object the provision in a suspender of means tor imparting elasticity to the same.

Another object is the provision inay non view ot my invention. showing means, of securing some of the parts in assembled relation, and v Fic'. e is a fragmentary view of my in vention. showing means of securing the resilient members in assembled position.

lily' invention is designed to be used with pair oi Suspenders il which are constructed in the ordinary manner, so as to lie diagonally across the back of the wearerj having the lower extending members diverge secured together "in the usual manner and provided with a A sleeve which is adapted to receive and retain an elongated metallic the wire loop 5.

strip 6 is provided, having` a knuckle 7 'formed at its upper end by curling the up? per end thereof. The member 5 is inserted within the knuckle 'T so as to loosely and pivotally mount the member 6 upon thev member The member 6 is provided with an elongated ,slot which terminates adjacent the upper end of the member 6. vThe opposie end of the slot T terminates at a greater distance from the other end 8 of the member 6 for a purpose which will bedeg scribed herein. The end 8 of the 'member 6 is turned inwardly, as Vshown in Fig. 2.

rig.' S is 'a fragmentary front elevational end from which the diagonally Specification of Letters Patent. Patntd 'NOV 23, 1920,.

rflhe inwardly turned end 8 is provided `with a tongue 9, which has laterally projecting ears. The tongue 9 is adapted to project through an elongated yslot l1, which' isv formed in a metallicstrip '-10 constructed similar to the member 6.4 rlhe slot 11 terminates adjacent .the lower end of the member l0, so that the upper end of the slot 11 is Vat aA greater distance from the upper end of the member l0 than is the lower end oi? the slot 'l'l 'from thelower end of the mem- -ber l0.` The lower endof 'the' member 10 is curled to form a'knuckle 12, in which'is loosely positioned the vloop 13, upon which `is secured a clasp le which engages 'and retains in position the usual button engaging strap l5, which is used with Suspenders.

The upper end of the member l() is provided with a tongue 16 which is insertedlthrouph the slot 7 and bent downwardlyvtoward t e main portionof theA member l0 in a similar manner to the member 9. As is clearly seenin Fig. l, the member 16 is also provided with ears which proj ect laterally beyond the edges of the slot 7 in the same manner that the ears of member 9 project laterallybe yond the edges of the slot ll. Similarly 'the upper end of the member 10 is turned inwardly in amanner similar to the end 8 of the member 6. From the assembling of the parts byv inserting the tongues9 and 16 through the slots and bending thev vsame, downwardly upon the main portion of lthev body from which they proj ect,` 'it' is apparent that the metallic strips 6 vand 10 are locked inslidable position relatively to each-other. It is also apparent' that themembers 6 and l0 are spaced apart, resulting from :bending the ends inwardly as'described'. The distanceV separating the rmembers 6 .and 10 throughouttheir length will be the vertical distance of the ends of the inwardly turned of the members 6 and 10. Y

Punched inwardly in the same direction the ends are turned in `from each of the members 6 and l0, adjacent V the inwardly turned end or each thereof and spaced apart so as to clear the slot in the coperating member, are tongues 19 upon which are portions fromthe plane of the main body mounted loops 2() 'ormed in wire spring members 21. The loop 20 is formed ateach end of each of the members 21 and mounted in the manner shown in Fig. l. `When the cooperating members '6 and l0 are .secured together by means of the tongues9 and16,

as already described, the loops 2O are held upon the tongues 19 and preventedgiirom slipping otf the same, owing to the tact that there is not suiiicient clearance between the cooperating member and the end ot the tongues 19. lThis is due to the tact that the tongues 19 extend inwardly from the meni- Y bers 6 and 10 approximately the same dis` tance as the inwardly turned end portions et the' members. Formed intermediate the ends of each of the members 21 is a spiral coil 22, which is designed to impart rosilieiicy to the members 2l so as to spring the ends apart when the same are forced together. Y

. In the operation of the device, upon a strain being exerted upon the member 1d. the member l0 is moveddownwardly, thereby bringing the ends of the members 2l into closer relation with each other. the release of the strain from the member 11i, the members 21, which are then under which would produce a permanent deforma-r downwardly, the tongue l@ slides over thi' `edge 18 of the slot il passes u der the carrying my invention into efiec compression or strain, will tend to restore the member 10 to its "former position. lt is, of course` apparent that the membms 2l are always under a certain compression or strain j in order to restore the slidablynmunted co.- operating members lOand 6 to their normal position. Upon the member lei being pulled member 5 and the `tongue 9 slides over the member 10. As this i'lonf'nivard movement is continued,l the lower edge l? oit the slot- 4' engages Within the Vtongue l@ a abuts against the base thereof. Qreii ily, the

kMi h tongue 9 and engages against the enf. theres-.t at its innerrsurtace, ythereby serving as a stop for the members 10 and 6 in. lieir slidableinovement, and thus preventing suoli a strain being exerted upon the members 2l.

tion thereof. lt is thus seen that While l. use a fabric in the .suspenders Tvhicli is nonelastic. l nevertlieiess have a suspender which Iis elastic tlircugh the employment et my invention.

1While I `have illustrated and described the preferred 'torni of construction for this capable of variation and modification.. ivi; hout departing from the spirit ot the enion. l. therefore, do not wish to be liniitell to the iirecise details of the construction set tor'h. but desire to avail myself of suoli variations and modifications as come Within Vthe scope oiC the appended claims,

l Having described my invention, what l Upon projecting from each of said membersand adapted toprojectthrough the slot in the cooperating member for securing said inembers in a slidably mounted position; and

resilient means mounted upon said members for resisting the slidable, relative movement thereof. substantially as described.

2. ln a non-elastic suspender, a nonelastic member, having an elongated slotv i member having an elongated slot therein;

a cooperating ineml er having an elongated slot therein; tongue projecting from each ot said members and adapted 'to engage in the slot formed in the cooperating member; and a Wire spring member mounted vupon each or said members.

Il. A device of the class described ceinprising a metallic strip, having an elongated slot therein; a cooperating member having an elongated slot therein; a tongue projecting from said metallic member and adapted to engage in the elongated sletin said cooperating member; tongue projecting from said cooperating member ann adapted to engage in said slot formed in said inezallic member; other tongues pr jecting trom said cooperating members adjacent the ends thereof; and iesilieiit means mounted upon said last named tongues, lsubs-.tan-

I"#'Lially as described.

5. A device ofthe class described coniprising a pair eifnon--elastic members secured together in slidable relation; resilient means for resisting the relative slidable movement or" said members: and tongues on said members for said resilient means, substantially as described.

6. A device of the class described` comprising a pair of non-elastic mei'nl.r 

